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adjusted

adjusted \adjusted\ adj.

  1. 1 accommodated to certain requirements

    Syn: regulated

  2. 1 having become accustomed [to surroundings, a situation. etc.] [Narrower terms: {oriented (vs. unoriented), orientated ]

    Syn: familiarized

  3. 1 (Music) so tuned as to allow modulation into other keys

    Syn: tuned

  4. adjusted to produce a clear image; -- of an optical system (e.g. eye or opera glasses) [Narrower terms: {focused (vs. unfocused), focussed ] WordNet 1.5]

Wiktionary
adjusted
  1. Which has been compensated in order to avoid bias v

  2. (en-past of: adjust)

WordNet
adjusted
  1. adj. altered to accommodate to certain requirements or bring into a proper relation; "an adjusted insurance claim"; "the car runs more smoothly with the timing adjusted" [ant: unadjusted]

  2. adjusted to demands of daily living; showing emotional stability [ant: maladjusted]

  3. having achieved a comfortable relationship with your environment [syn: familiarized, familiarised]

  4. (especially of garments) having the fit or style adjusted; "for my wedding I had my mother's wedding dress altered to fit me"

Usage examples of "adjusted".

He followed immediately after, covering her with his naked body, then immediately adjusted himself, side to side and up and down so that his chest hairs abraded her nipples and his erection rested between her legs.

I had adjusted them for maximum acuity at distances ranging from two inches to five feet.

He adjusted his aerator more comfortably and climbed into the waiting truck.

Even Signora Strega-Borgia had joined in, apparently overcoming whatever it was that had ailed her and devouring course after course of Tituss birthday banquet, badly prepared by Marie Bain and surreptitiously adjusted by Mrs McLachlan.

In the dingy little dining-room of the Albergo Monte Gazza, a mountain inn miles from anywhere, situation arduous for walkers and pointless for cars, tariff humanely adjusted to the purses of the penniless, his poise and finish made him a grotesque.

The speech also informed the house that her majesty had ordered the return of her minister to the court of Persia, and announced that the differences which had arisen between Spain and Portugal about the execution of a treaty concluded by those powers in 1835, for regulating the navigation of the Douro had been amicably adjusted.

That told the LSO that he had the meatball in sight, confirmed that his aircraft was a Tomcat so that the arrestor cables could be properly adjusted for the hurtling weight of the aircraft, and that his fuel was reading five thousand pounds.

She adjusted her hat, an open velveteen circlet clogged with stiff net veiling, which had been spun askew by the collision with her husband.

Amys and Bair adjusted their shawls and frowned, their irritation beginning to turn to concern.

The biologist, the geologist and the physician prepared a reconnaissance robot, the mechanics adjusted the landing locators and searchlights and got ready a rocket satellite that would transmit a message to Earth.

One fore foot was strapped up, a hackamore or bitless bridle was adjusted in place, and he was allowed to arise.

Raelene, how he had spotted her on the island, picked her up, their argument about whether he had stolen the raft, how she had tidied things up, adjusted his bobber -- He snapped back to the moment, spotting a familiar snag.

He was, he said, an old codger set in his ways, and although lonely at times, he had adjusted to loneliness.

Sharpe watched as he adjusted the scarlet pelisse on his shoulder, as he crammed the big fur colback on his head, and as he drew the sabre with his left hand.

Standing, she put on the cotte hardie and critically studied her reflection in the mirror as she adjusted a plumed hat at a rakish angle.